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Afterarriving home in Whitechapel, Alex sat down on a stool and sighed. Her life was kind of complicated. She still kept a long distance relationship with Benny, but she liked his best friend. If he found out, he'd go mad. She didn't want to tell anyone about her crush at all. But if she gets busted, there would be nothing she could do… except lie like the person she is.

Harper saw Alex sitting alone, no words coming out of her mouth, so she decided to sit beside her.

"Okay, what's wrong?" Harper asked.

"Nothing," Alex replied.

"I know there's something wrong with you. You're more quiet than even."

"There's nothing wrong about me," Alex went to take a bag of chips and sat on a couch. "In fact, I'm gonna continue my daily routine of eating a bag of chips and reading magazines."

"That's the Alex I know." Harper smiled, and then sat on the couch, turning on the TV in front of them.

The second she pressed the button, the door bell rang.

"I wonder who that could be." Alex went to open the door to see Benny and Ethan standing there with a smiled.

Benny extended his arms as he waited for a hug.

Alex smiled and hugged him tight.

"Hey Alex. I really missed you," Benny said as he released Alex.

"Y-Yeah, me too," Alex stuttered at the sight of Ethan. "Hey Ethan."

"Hey Alex," Ethan said, hesitating to extend his hand to shake hers.

Alex shook his hand, and then let both boys in.

Theresa and Jerry walked in the living room to see Ethan and Benny.

"Hey Ethan and Benny," Jerry said, walking aver to the boys and shaking hand with Theresa at his heels. "It's been a year, right?"

"Yes, sir," Benny said.

"Please, call me Jerry," he said.

Both boys nodded.

Theresa and Jerry went to do their daily routines while the group of teenagers were standing in the middle of the living room except Harper.

Harper walked over the boys and greeted them. "Why don't you guys sit down and I get you something to eat?"

"We already have a bag of chips," Alex said. She walked over to the couch and raised the bag of chips so Harper can see it.

"Something healthy to eat." Harper said.

She walked over to the kitchen while the rest sat down on the couch. Ethan sat at the left corner with Alex to his side, and then Benny after her.

"So Alex, I heard you graduated," Benny said.

"Yeah, I really wasn't supposed to, but I was devious," Alex replied.

Benny laughed. "And congratulations for being the family wizard. I never expected that."

"Neither did I. Have you heard the Justin's the new professor of the Wizard World?"

"Really?"

"Yep."

After the simple reply, everyone was quiet. The TV was on, so it wasn't really awkward.

Alex couldn't help but stare at Ethan with her head slightly turned so Benny wouldn't notice a thing.

He's so cute… and smart… and… I love how he gets sarcastic, she mentally sighed after those thoughts.

"Ok, why would a cow jump off a cliff? Cartoon doesn't make sense," he commented.

"Mhmm," Benny agreed with him.

Harper came back with sandwiches on a tray. She kept looking at me with weird eyes.

"Alex, I need to talk to you," Harper said.

This was going to be bad.

She took me by the wrist and dragged me into the wizard lair, closing the door of the entrance behind us so no one would hear us.

"Alex, what was I seeing? One minute, you were hugging your Benny, and the next minute, you were staring at… Ethan? Did you and Benny break up while I was in the kitchen or something?" Harper questioned.

"No, we didn't break up," I replied.

"Then what was that all about? Are you seeing Ethan?"

"I'll tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone… especially Ethan and Benny."

"I promise. Now tell me."

"Okay," Alex began. "This isn't going to be easy, but I think I'm falling in love with Ethan."Alex squinted her eyes, waiting for something like 'I can't believe you' or something.

Instead of hearing that out of Harper's mouth, she heard, "You are? But what about Benny? Isn't he going to be crushed?"

Alex opened my eyes wide again. "I know he will, but I can't tell him this."

"He's gonna find out sooner or later, Alex."

"I know, but I'm not gonna tell him not. At least not at the current time."

"You know what, let's just go outside. The boys are waiting."

The girls went outside and into the living room. The boys were still watching TV.

Benny looked at Alex. "Don't you have any 'Avengers' episodes or movie?"

"Sorry, I don't watch geek shows," she replied.

"Geek shows?" came Justin's voice from behind them.

"Guys, you know Justin," Alex said.

The boys nodded and said their 'hi's.

"Alex, we just came here to say hi and that's all," Benny said.

"You're leaving already?" Alex whined.

"I have to since I snuck out of the bedroom window."

"Well, I guess I'll see you later."

"Yeah," Benny went over to Alex and kissed her cheek, and then left with Ethan.

"See? He still likes you," Harper said.

"I know but I… Never mind," Alex said when she noticed that Justin was hearing them.

"Never mind what?" Justin asked.

"Nothing," Alex replied. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go fix my room."

"Fix? More like reorganize it."

Alex groaned and then went upstairs. He almost caught me, she thought.

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That's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. :)

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